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"You may remember we were rivals… she was tough, she was doing everything I was doing but just like Ginger Rogers, it was backwards and in heels," he said at the Democratic national convention, at which he was joined by Clinton herself.

"No matter how much people try to knock her down, she never ever quits. There has never been a man or woman, not me, not Bill, more qualified than Hillary Clinton."

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He described Donald Trump as a "demagogue" someone who appeals for support by playing on fear and prejudices rather than with rational argument.

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"We don't fear the future; we shape it," Obama added. "We embrace it, as one people, stronger together than we are on our own. That's what Hillary Clinton understands - this fighter, this stateswoman, this mother and grandmother, this public servant, this patriot - that's the America she's fighting for."

The departing President dismissed Trump entirely, asserting that his fear-mongering campaign will not pay off.

"He is offering slogans and fear," said Obama. "He is betting that if he scares enough people, he might win just enough votes to win this election, and that's another bet that Donald Trump will lose."

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He concluded his speech by asking the public "to do for Hillary Clinton what you did for me".

"I'm asking you to join me - to reject cynicism, reject fear, to summon what's best in us; to elect Hillary Clinton as the next President of the United States, and show the world we still believe in the promise of this great nation."